John Prine – Hello In There (Guitar)

Capo 5
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Dave S. Email: [email protected] [Intro] | G Am | D7 | | G Am | D7 | | Bm/D | C | | G | D/F# | [Verse 1]
G               Am                D7
     We had an apartment in the city,

G             Am                 D7
     Me and Loretta liked living there.

Bm/D                                 C
     Well, it'd been years since the kids had grown,

       G                  D/F#
A life of their own, left us alone.

G                Am            D7
     John and Linda live in Omaha,

G               Am               D7
     And Joe is somewhere on the road.

Bm/D                       C
     We lost Davy in the Korean war,

                  G                            D/F#
And I still don't know what for, don't matter anymore.
[Chorus]
F                                     G
     Ya know that old trees just grow stronger,

        F                        G
And old rivers grow wilder every day.

Bm/D                       C
      Old people just grow lonesome

            G                 D/F#            G
Waiting for someone to say Hello in there, hello.
[Instrumental] | G Am | D7 | | G Am | D7 | | Bm/D | C | | G | D/F# | [Verse 2]
G              Am             D7
      Me and Loretta we don't talk much more,

G                  Am                           D7
      She sits and stares through the back door screen.

Bm/D                          C
      And all the news just repeats itself

             G                 D/F#
Like some forgotten dream that we've both seen.

G                 Am             D7
     Someday I'll go and call up Rudy,

G                Am                 D7
     We worked together at the factory.

Bm/D                        C
     What could I say if he asks What's new?

                G                 D/F#
Nothing, what's with you? Nothing much to do.
[Chorus]
F                                    G
    Ya know that old trees just grow stronger,

        F                        G
And old rivers grow wilder every day.

Bm/D                      C
     Old people just grow lonesome

            G                 D/F#            G
Waiting for someone to say Hello in there, hello.
[Verse 3]
G                 Am               D7
     So if you're walking down the street sometime

G                 Am             D7
    And spot some hollow ancient eyes,

Bm/D                             C
     Please don't just pass them by and stare

          G                   D               G
As if you didn't care, say Hello in there, hello